Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) on Saturday effected an emergency load shedding across Malawi as divers tried to the body of the power utility’s employee who had drowned at Nkula A pool. Escom spokesperson Kitty Chingota confirmed the drowning of the employee and the emergency load shedding. “The emergency load shedding was indeed effected to enable […]
President Peter Mutharika has said the government is set to split the inefficient and ineffective state run power utility company Escom, saying parliament will change the power house act when the House meets from Friday. Mutharika said this on Tuesday when he opened Malawi International Trade Fair in Blantyre, saying Malawi is a land of […]
President Peter Mutharika has said Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) will split into two companies as announced by Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining Bright Msaka. Government has been implementing a Power Market Restructuring (PMR) which among others involves the unbundling or splitting of Escom into two parastatals; one for generation of power […]
Water utility, Blantyre Water Board has bitterly complained that it pays half of its annual revenue to Escom power. Blantyre Water Board acting general manager Henry Bakuwa told the Natural Resources and Climate Change committee of parliament in Lilongwe that the board collects K800 million in revenue every month so customers payment of water bills […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has blamed owners of Dreamfoam Mattress shop in Blantyre for the fire that gutted down the shop on Tuesday afternoon. The shop which is situated along Haile Sellasie road in the town of Blantyre, caught fire which razed property worth thousands of Kwachas. Escom officials were called in to help put […]
Minister of Energy Bright Msaka has moved in swiftly to assure thousands of workers at the state power utility company, Escom that no one will lose a job following the imminent restructuring programme. Msaka said the restructuring of the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) includes the splitting of the sole power utility into two, […]
Malawi government says it is following with keen interest the story of a 12 year old boy from Blantyre whose both hands and a leg have been amputated after he was electrocuted in Chigumula. Minister of Gender, Disability, the Elderly and Social Welfare Patricia Kaliati said the director of Children in the ministry is on […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has issued a warning that Malawians will have a feast of Eeaster this coming weekend in the dark as there will be blackout following maintenance works they will carry out on its power generation machines. Escom said in a statement that the nation will go dark during Easter weekend […]
The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom)says it lost K2.2 billion during last year’s flooding which left a 20 day black out. Escom official Everson Sitolo said this in Mangochi at the end of a month long disaster recovery plan and business continuity plan. He said during last year’s flooding, generating machines were submerged putting off power […]
Malawians will continue dipping deeper in their pockets to pay for electricity as Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) has effected a tariff hike to K57.07 (about $0.10) from the current K53.69 (about $0.08) per kilowatt-hour. This raise represents a 7. 5 percent according to the energy regulator. According to a statement signed by Mera board […]
Malawi sole power utility says it is bringing in an extra 46 megawatts of power from fuel generators onto the grid in a move to combat persistent power blackouts. ESCOM public relations manager Kitty Chingota said the commissioning of the fuel generators start this March with 10 megawatts in central region. “By the end of […]
The country’s consumer watchdog, Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) has taken to court Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) and Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) over recent electricity tariffs hike. Mera Board in December resolved that electricity tariffs be increased by 6.6 percent- to K53.69 (about $0.08) from K40.69 (about $0.06) per kilowatt-hour. The increase […]
A cross section of Malawians have expressed concern over Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera)decision to allow Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) a 13.7 percent increase in electricity tarrifs to K53.69 (about $0.08) from the current K40.69 (about $0.06) per kilowatt-hour. People who spoke to Nyasa Times correspondent on the streets of the Capital City, […]
The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) Board has resolved that ESCOM electricity tariffs be increased from January 1 2016. According to Mera board chair Dingiswayo Jere, tariffs will go up from an average of MK40.69/kWh to MK53.69/kWh (or$0.08 per KWh) Meanwhile, Escom officials say they are minimising load shedding in Malawi because water levels in […]
A senior official at Escom says he is alarmed with the level of corruption at the state run power utility company after it became clear that officers were deliberately delaying to connect electricity to houses until they received huge sums of money from owners. This follows a report released by Kalondolondo programme. Peter Mtundu, distribution […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) power lines vandals have been given long jail terms by Neno magistrates court after prosecutors said the power utility will spend over K600 million for the vandalised main central region line. Neno First Grade Magistrate Daniel Dzowera then sentenced Wonderford Benard to six years imprisonment with hard laour, Oscar […]
Vandals and torrential rains have brought down the main power lines that supply electricity from Nkula Falls to Lilongwe, worsening electricity woes in the country. Escom transmission manager Alfred Kaponda said over K600 million is needed to bring the situation back to normal. This is in addition to daily electricity woes that has seen Escom […]
President Peter Mutharika on Monday spoke openly, for the first time, about the continued electricity blackouts, and urged the nation to be patient. Malawi have, for the past six months, been experiencing massive electricity blackouts which Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) attributed to low water levels in Lake Malawi and low flows in the […]